. Birds of the United States east of the Rocky Mountains; a manual for the identification of species in hand or in the bush. Birds. 106 KEY AND DESCRIPTION tail, and a white belly. Tail very slightly notched. This bird builds gourd-shaped mud nests under the eaves of buildings and on rocks. (Eave Swal- low.) Length, 51; wing, i\ (4-4^) ; tail, 2 ; culmen, \. North America ; breeding from the Potomac and Texas northward into the Arctic regions, and wintering in Central and South America. 4. Barn Swallow (613. CU- lidon erytlirogdstra). —A com- mon, chestnut-bellied, steel- blue-backed swallow,
. Birds of the United States east of the Rocky Mountains; a manual for the identification of species in hand or in the bush. Birds. 106 KEY AND DESCRIPTION tail, and a white belly. Tail very slightly notched. This bird builds gourd-shaped mud nests under the eaves of buildings and on rocks. (Eave Swal- low.) Length, 51; wing, i\ (4-4^) ; tail, 2 ; culmen, \. North America ; breeding from the Potomac and Texas northward into the Arctic regions, and wintering in Central and South America. 4. Barn Swallow (613. CU- lidon erytlirogdstra). —A com- mon, chestnut-bellied, steel- blue-backed swallow, with a ' deeply forked tail. The breast is dark chestnut, but the other under parts are lighter ; the under tail feathers are white blotched. It nests in barns, using mud and grass for build- ing. In flying, it keeps nearer the ground than most swallows. Length, 7; wing, 4J (41-5); tail, 3-5; culmen, \. North America; breeding from Mexico to the Arctic regions, and wintering in Central and South America. 5. Tree Swallow (614. Tachychieta bi- color). — A steel- blue - backed swal- low, with all the under parts pure white. The back sometimes has a tinge of green, and the wings and tail are blackish. The young has brownish-gray upper parts. The tail is very slightly forked. The nests are found mainly in. Barn Swallow. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Apgar, A. C. (Austin Craig), 1838-1908. New York, Cincinnati [etc. ] American Book Co
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